Associate in Arts Elementary Education Pre-Major Program Requirements

A.A. Elementary Education Pre-Major Degree: Day & Evening Programs

General Education Core = 44 semester hours credit (SHC) An asterisk (*) indicates that a prerequisite/corequisite is required; see your advisor for specfic course information.
English Composition (6 SHC)
Required:				Select one course from the following:
*ENG	111	Expository Writing	3	*ENG	112	Argument-Based Research	3
				*ENG	113	Literature-Based Research	3
Humanities/Fine Arts - 12 SHC
Select one literature course - 3 SHC			This course is required - 3 SHC
*ENG	131	Intro to Literature	3	*ENG	241	British Literature I	3
*ENG	231	American Literature I	3	*ENG	242	British Literature II	3
*ENG	232	American Literature II	3	COM	231	Public Speaking	3
One of the following courses is required - 3 SHC
ART	111	Art Appreciation	3	ART	115	Art History Survey II	3
ART	114	Art History Survey I	3	MUS	110	Music Appreciation	3
Select one of the following courses - 3 SHC
English				Humanities
*ENG	261	World Literature I	3	HUM	120	Cultural Studies	3
*ENG	262	World Literature II	3	HUM	150	American Women's Studies	3
Foreign Languages				HUM	160	Introduction to Film	3
CHI	111	Elementary Chinese I	3	Philosophy
*CHI	112	Elementary Chinese II	3	*PHI	210	History of Philosophy	3
*CHI	211	Intermediate Chinese I	3	*PHI	215	Philosophical Issues	3
*CHI	212	Intermediate Chinese II	3	*PHI	240	Introduction to Ethics	3
*FRE	111	Elementary French I	3	Religion
*FRE	112	Elementary French II	3	REL	110	World Religions	3
*FRE	211	Intermediate French I	3	REL	111	Eastern Religions	3
*FRE	212	Intermediate French II	3	REL	211	Intro to Old Testament	3
JPN	111	Elementary Japanese I	3	REL	212	Intro to New Testament	3
*JPN	112	Elementary Japanese II	3	REL	221	Religion in America	3
*JPN	211	Intermediate Japanese I	3
*JPN	212	Intermediate Japanese II	3
SPA	111	Elementary Spanish I	3
*SPA	112	Elementary Spanish II	3
*SPA	211	Intermediate Spanish I	3
*SPA	212	Intermediate Spanish II	3
Social/Behavioral Sciences - 12 SHC
Select one history course - 3 SHC required				The following courses are required - 6 SHC
HIS	111	World Civilizations I	3	PSY	150	General Psychology	3
HIS	112	World Civilizations II	3	SOC	210	Introduction to Sociology	3
HIS	121	Western Civilization I	3
HIS	122	Western Civilization II	3
Select one of the following - 3 SHC required
Anthropology				Political Science
ANT	210	General Anthropology	3	POL	120	American Government	3
ANT	220	Cultural Anthropology	3	Psychology
ANT	240	Archaeology	3	*PSY	237	Social Psychology	3
Economics				*PSY	241	Developmental Psychology	3
ECO	251	Principles of Microeconomics	3	*PSY	281	Abnormal Psychology	3
ECO	252	Principles of Macroeconomics	3	Sociology
Geography				SOC	213	Sociology of the Family	3
GEO	130	General Physical Geography	3	SOC	220	Social Problems	3
History				SOC	240	Social Psychology	3
HIS	131	American History I	3
HIS	132	American History II	3
Natural Sciences/Mathematics -14 SHC
Natural Sciences - 8 SHC minimum				Mathematics - 6 SHC minimum
Requried:				Select two of the following:
BIO	111	General Biology I	4	CIS	110	Intro to Computers	3
Select one of the following:				*MAT	140	Survey of Math	3
*CHM	151	General Chemistry	4	*MAT	161	College Algebra	3
PHY	110/A	Conceptual Physics/Lab	4	*MAT	171	Precalculus Algebra	3
*PHY	151	College Physics I	4
Other required hours/electives - 20-21 SHC
Select 20-21 additional semester hours of college transfer general education, elective, and/or premajor courses from those listed above or below.
ART	283	Ceramics I	3	*CHM	152	General Chemistry II	4
*BIO	112	General Biology II	4	*CIS	115	Intro to Programming & Logic	3
BIO	140/A	Environmental Biology/Lab	4	*EDU	216	Foundations in Education	4
BIO	163	Basic Anatomy & Physiology	5	*FRE	181	French Lab 1	1
BIO	165	Anatomy & Physiology I	4	*FRE	182	French Lab 2	1
*BIO	166	Anatomy & Physiology II	4	*FRE	281	French Lab 3	1
*BIO	275	Microbiology	4	*FRE	282	French Lab 4	1
*CHM	132	Organic & Biochemistry	4	*PHY	152	College Physics II	4

Notes:

Students must meet the receiving university's foreign language and/or health and physical education requirements, if applicable, prior to or after transfer to the senior institution.
All degree graduates of Montgomery Community College must demonstrate competency in the basic use of computers. To satisfy this requirement, students may utilize one of the following three options:
- Provide evidence of computer courses taken in high school or at another college;
- Take a computer course at MCC; or
- Take the MCC Computer Competency Test

Total Semester Hours Required For Associate in Arts (AA) Elementary Education Pre-Major Degree: 64/65